Statsman More landmarks for Virat Kohli Virat Kohli becomes the first batsman to score 20,000 runs in a decade, the fastest to score 10,000 runs as captain, and the first batsman to hit three consecutive ODI centuries in the Caribbean. Mohandas Menon 23 August, 2019 17:29 IST Virat Kohli celebrates his ton in the third ODI against the West Indies on August 14. - AFP Mohandas Menon 23 August, 2019 17:29 IST 20,000The number of runs scored by Virat Kohli this decade, becoming the first batsman in cricket history to achieve this landmark in international cricket. The previous best was 18,962 runs by Australian Ricky Ponting during the earlier decade 2000-2009.Most international runs scored in a decadeBatsmanForRunsDecadeMatchesInningsNot-outsHighest scoreAverageHundredsFiftiesVirat KohliIndia200182010-193714136224357.036792Ricky PontingAustralia+18,9622000-093634304825749.635598Jacques KallisSouth Africa+16,7772000-0932939067189*51.9438102Mahela JayawardeneSri Lanka+16,3042000-093934414237440.863479Kumar SangakkaraSri Lanka+15,9992000-093704113828742.893188Sachin TendulkarIndia15,9622000-0930135834248*49.264280Rahul DravidIndia+15,8532000-093343915427047.0427104Hashim AmlaSouth Africa+15,1852010-1928634529311*48.054768Mohammad YousufPakistan+14,9532000-093183574522347.923679Matthew HaydenAustralia+14,5192000-092533243138049.553967 Most international runs scored by decadeDecadeBatsmanForRunsMatchesInningsNot-outsHighest scoreAverageHundredsFifties1950-59Neil HarveyAustralia4,5735699820550.2515191960-69Ken BarringtonEngland6,397751221525659.7820311970-79Sunil GavaskarIndia5,90169117922154.6322271980-89Allan BorderAustralia12,0832803355420543.0023721990-99Sachin TendulkarIndia14,1972973303421747.9646652000-09Ricky PontingAustralia+18,9623634304825749.6355982010-19Virat KohliIndia200183714136224357.036792+ Also appeared for other sides.10,000The number of runs scored by Virat Kohli as a captain in all international games. He became the sixth captain in cricket history to reach this landmark, which he is the quickest to reach in terms of innings.Runs as captain in international matchesRunsCaptainForMatchesInningsNot-outsHighest scoreAverageHundredsFifties15,440Ricky PontingAustralia+3243763720945.54418814,878Graeme SmithSouth Africa+2863682327743.12337711,561Stephen FlemingNew Zealand30334824274*35.68156911,207M. S. DhoniIndia3323309122446.89117111,062Allan BorderAustralia2713195120541.27176310,027Virat KohliIndia1511762524366.403934+ Also captained other sides. Fewest innings to reach to 10,000 international runs as captainInningsCaptainForMatchesOpponentVenueDateFormatRunsAverageHundredsFifties176Virat KohliIndia151West IndiesPort of SpainAugust 14, 2019ODI10,02766.403934225Ricky PontingAustralia204New ZealandHobartDecember 20, 2007ODI10,03752.273054240Graeme SmithSouth Africa191AustraliaPerthDecember 20, 2008Test10,10645.112354284M. S. DhoniIndia275AustraliaMelbourneDecember 30, 2014Test10,01848.161166288Allan BorderAustralia242EnglandLeedsJuly 23, 1993Test10,16242.161660307Stephen FlemingNew Zealand265West IndiesNapierMarch 1, 2006ODI10,05135.261262 3The number of consecutive ODI centuries scored by Virat Kohli in the Caribbean, becoming the first batsman to achieve this feat. Six other batsmen have made two consecutive centuries in the West Indies.Two or more consecutive ODI centuries registered in the West IndiesHundredsBatsmanForPeriodScores3Virat KohliIndiaJuly 6, 2017-August 14, 2019111*, 120, 114*2Desmond HaynesWest IndiesApril 19-26, 1984102*, 104*2Geoff MarshAustraliaMarch 13-20, 1991113, 106*2Phil SimmonsWest IndiesApril 7-12, 1992122, 1042Wavell HindsWest IndiesMay 30-June 1, 2003125*, 103*2Matthew HaydenAustraliaMarch 24-28, 2007101, 1582Joe RootEnglandMarch 9, 2017-February 20, 2019101, 102Note: Rohit Sharma is the only batsman to register three consecutive ODI centuries in England, achieving this recently during the World Cup.Queries CornerIn the Lord’s Test match against Ireland, England’s Jack Leach batted at No. 11 in the first innings and then at No. 1 in the second innings. Has any other player done this in Tests? – Rajesh Kamath, Chennai.In Test cricket history, 17 players have opened the innings and batted at No. 11 in the same Test match. But Jack Leach is the only second player to do so on the opening day of a Test match. Leach emulated another Englishman, Harry Butt, who on debut, way back on February 13, 1896, at Port Elizabeth batted at No. 11 in the first innings and then batted at No. 2 in the second innings on the opening day of the Test.Lasith Malinga recently claimed a wicket off the final ball of his career. How many others have done this in ODIs? – Ramesh Narayan, Surat.In ODI cricket several players have achieved this. However, Lasith Malinga became the only second Sri Lankan player after Tony Opatha to achieve this. Opatha in his final ODI at Manchester against India in the 1979 World Cup claimed the wicket of Bishan Singh Bedi off the final ball of the match, when Sri Lanka created an upset beating India by 47 runs!How often has Virat Kohli gone without an ODI century in terms of innings? – Akhil Shetty, Bangalore.The longest Virat Kohli has gone without an ODI century is 17 innings from February 27, 2011, to September 11, 2011. During this period he hit four half-centuries, with a highest of 94. His next longest innings without an ODI century is 16 innings from August 4, 2012, to July 2, 2013.Is it true that Indian batsmen have the highest run aggregates against the West Indies in all three formats? – Ajit Kumar Goyal, Kolkata.Most in TestsMost in ODIsMost in T20Is2,749 – Sunil Gavaskar2,146 – Virat Kohli425 – Rohit Sharma2,365 – Jacques Kallis (South Africa)1,930 – Javed Miandad (Pakistan)423 – Alex Hales (England)Note: All figures are updated as on August 16, 2019. 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